Listen to the Sat. Aug. 19, 2023 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on developments in Niger where a delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has visited the country and held discussions with the new CNSP government as well as the ousted western-backed President Mohamad Bazoum; Sudan has witnessed an escalation of fighting in South Darfur between the Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF); Somalia is seeking admission to the East African Community regional organization; and Mali leaders have held talks with the United Nations envoy for peacekeeping on the departure of troops from the West African state. In the second hour we listen to a briefing on the upcoming BRICS Summit in South Africa where numerous states are seeking membership. Finally, we continue our month-long focus on Black August with an examination of the legacy of Nat Turner.
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